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WESTERN LEADER, JANUARY 26, 2012
SPORT
Suburbs taste first loss of season
The final round of the one-day club
cricket competition saw Suburbs
New Lynn suffer its first defeat in
the one-day format this season
while Waitakere City finished off
with an emphatic win.
Phil Treanor led the way for Bir-
kenhead to defeat Suburbs when his
side batted first, striking six fours
andasixonhiswayto64runs
while Johnny Loates also showed
form with 38 runs.
But with the home team looking
set for a big score a fine spell from
Suburbs bowler Michael Barry
(4-45) evened up the odds to see Bir-
kenhead finish on 215-8.
But the star-studded Suburbs
batting line-up couldn't quite get
the job done.
Returning Aces fast bowler Daryl
Tuffey made 34 runs but he was the
top scorer as his teammates were
held in check by some outstanding
bowling from Rutvik Botadra (4-38)
and Terry Crabb (2-36).
Suburbs have already qualified
for the semifinals despite the loss.
They will face East Coast Bays at
Ken Maunder Park on Sunday,
February 5.
Howick Pakuranga and Taka-
puna will face off in the other semi-
final.
Waitakere City recorded their
first victory of the one-day cam-
paign with a resounding victory
against Ellerslie.
Waitakere won the toss and
vindicated their captain's decision
to bowl by reducing the visitors to
58-6.
There was no way back for Ellers-
lie from the shaky start, and despite
battling knocks from Rohit Dawson
(33) and Dean Bartlett (26), the side
was dismissed for 102 inside 38
overs.
Bowler Robert Evans-Moore led
the home side's assault with figures
of 3-23 from his nine overs.
Waitakere wasted little time in
closing out the contest, despite an
early double wicket set back.
Daniel Morton got things rolling
with a six and four fours as he
blazed 23 off 15 balls.
Following his dismissal Dusan
Hakaraia cleared the ropes with his
first delivery, but was cleaned up by
the second ball.
Aaron Jeavons then steadied the
ship for Waitakere as he combined
with Sean Chick in an unbeaten
65-run partnership which eased
their team to an eight wicket win
inside 17 overs.
Chick hit four boundaries in his
unbeaten 26 while Jeavons found
the rope six times in his 40 runs.
Both west Auckland clubs were
also represented in the Auckland
Aces twenty20 domestic final win
over Canterbury.
Suburbs New Lynn's Martin Gup-
till smashed 70 runs off 41 balls
while Waitakere City's Aranu
Kitchen hit 26 runs off 25 in Auck-
land's 196 effort.
Suburbs bowler Michael Bates
then took 3/18 as the Aces bowled
Canterbury out for 152 to win by 44
runs.
Birkenhead City 215/8 (P Treanor
64, M Barry 4-45) def Suburbs New
Lynn 198 (D Tuffey 34, R Botadra
4-38) by 17 runs. Ellerslie 102 (R
Dawson 33, R Evans-Moore 3-23)
lost to Waitakere City 103/2 (A
Jeavons 40 n/o) by eight wickets.
Skaters on winning
roll at national comp
Madison moves: Madison Collis skates in the youth international solo dance.
Magic Mays: Te Atatu's Sarah Mays
dances to second place in the youth
international solo dance.
Victory roll, above: Henderson's Laura Strangward skates to
victory in the solo dance event.
Photos: STEVEN NEVILLE/AUCKLAND SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
The Superstars: From left: Hannah Borich, Alessandra Mutton, Elyse Switzer and Sharde Wadsley roll to first place in
the novice precision.
Super skate, right: Annalina Crosbie of Te Atatu competes in
the elementary solo dance.
The Waitakere Rollersports Club
got its year off to a good start this
month with gold medal
performances at the National
Roller Skating Championships in
Timaru.
The club had 23 skaters compet-
ing at the week-long event and
came away with five first place
finishes and several placings.
Laura Strangward won the
intermediate solo dance event,
Andrew Rae claimed the masters
solo dance event, the Superstars
took out the novice team mini pre-
cision final, Black Pearl won the
senior team mini precision event
and Fame Maniacs was first in the
masters precision final.
Club stalwart Leanne Raffles
says the results are excellent for
the organisation but more import-
antly for those skaters who will
compete at the Oceania Champion-
ships at the Trusts Stadium in
April.
They all put in fantastic
performances on the floor and
some recorded personal bests,'' she
says. Black Pearl earned qualifi-
cation for the Oceania tournament,
as did Sarah Mays in the youth
intermediate solo dance and
Andrew Rae for the masters solo
dance.''
West Auckland skater
Samantha Reason will also com-
pete in the senior solo dance at the
international competition.